Oldest fossils of large seaweeds, worm-like animals tell story of ancient oxygen
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 10:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Almost 600 million years ago, before the rapid evolution of life forms known as the Cambrian explosion, a community of seaweeds and worm-like animals lived in a quiet deep-water niche near what is now Lantian, a small village in south China.